diff --git a/Facepunch.Steamworks.Test/Client/Friends.cs b/Facepunch.Steamworks.Test/Client/Friends.cs
index fb1187d..9604516 100644
--- a/Facepunch.Steamworks.Test/Client/Friends.cs
+++ b/Facepunch.Steamworks.Test/Client/Friends.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace Facepunch.Steamworks.Test
 {
@@ -37,5 +38,53 @@ public void FriendListWithoutRefresh()
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void Avatar()
+        {
+            using ( var client = new Facepunch.Steamworks.Client( 252490 ) )
+            {
+                Assert.IsTrue( client.Valid );
+
+                var friend = client.Friends.All.First();
+
+                var img = client.Friends.GetAvatar( Steamworks.Friends.AvatarSize.Medium, friend.Id );
+
+                Assert.AreEqual( img.Width, 64 );
+                Assert.AreEqual( img.Height, 64 );
+
+                while ( !img.IsLoaded && !img.IsError )
+                {
+                    client.Update();
+                    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep( 10 );
+                }
+
+                Assert.AreEqual( img.Data.Length, img.Width * img.Height * 4 );
+
+                DrawImage( img );
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static void DrawImage( Image img )
+        {
+            var grad = " -:+#";
+
+            for ( int y = 0; y<img.Height; y++ )
+            {
+                var str = "";
+
+                for ( int x = 0; x < img.Width; x++ )
+                {
+                    var p = img.GetPixel( x, y );
+
+                    var brightness = 1 - ((float)(p.r + p.g + p.b) / (255.0f * 3.0f));
+                    var c = (int) ((grad.Length) * brightness);
+                    str += grad[c];
+    
+                }
+
+                Console.WriteLine( str );
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Facepunch.Steamworks/Client/Friends.cs b/Facepunch.Steamworks/Client/Friends.cs
index 4719c2c..675d320 100644
--- a/Facepunch.Steamworks/Client/Friends.cs
+++ b/Facepunch.Steamworks/Client/Friends.cs
@@ -214,20 +214,21 @@ public Image GetAvatar( AvatarSize size, ulong steamid )
                     break;
             }
 
-            uint width = 0;
-            uint height = 0;
-
-            if ( imageid != 0)
+            var img = new Image()
             {
-                client.native.utils.GetImageSize( imageid, ref width, ref height );
-            }
-
-            return new Image()
-            {
-                Id = imageid,
-                Width = (int)width,
-                Height = (int)height
+                Id = imageid
             };
+
+            if ( imageid == 0 )
+                return img;
+
+            if ( img.TryLoad( client.native.utils ) )
+                return img;
+
+            throw new System.NotImplementedException( "Deferred Avatar Loading Todo" );
+            // Add to image loading list
+
+            return img;
         }
 
 
diff --git a/Facepunch.Steamworks/Client/Image.cs b/Facepunch.Steamworks/Client/Image.cs
index 5258fe5..2d97642 100644
--- a/Facepunch.Steamworks/Client/Image.cs
+++ b/Facepunch.Steamworks/Client/Image.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using Valve.Steamworks;
 
 namespace Facepunch.Steamworks
 {
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ public class Image
         public int Width { get; internal set; }
         public int Height { get; internal set; }
 
+        public byte[] Data { get; internal set; }
+
         public bool IsLoaded { get; internal set; }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -18,10 +21,61 @@ public class Image
         /// </summary>
         public bool IsError { get; internal set; }
 
-        public void Read( byte[] buffer )
+        unsafe internal bool TryLoad( ISteamUtils utils )
         {
+            if ( IsLoaded ) return true;
 
+            uint width = 0, height = 0;
+
+            if ( utils.GetImageSize( Id, ref width, ref height ) == false )
+            {
+                IsError = true;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            var buffer = new byte[ width * height * 4 ];
+
+            fixed ( byte* ptr = buffer )
+            {
+                if ( utils.GetImageRGBA( Id, (IntPtr) ptr, buffer.Length ) == false )
+                {
+                    IsError = true;
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            Width = (int) width;
+            Height = (int) height;
+            Data = buffer;
+            IsLoaded = true;
+            IsError = false;
+
+            return true;
         }
 
+        public Color GetPixel( int x, int y )
+        {
+            if ( !IsLoaded ) throw new System.Exception( "Image not loaded" );
+            if ( x < 0 || x >= Width ) throw new System.Exception( "x out of bounds" );
+            if ( y < 0  || y >= Height ) throw new System.Exception( "y out of bounds" );
+
+            Color c = new Color();
+
+            var i = ( y * Width + x ) * 4;
+
+            c.r = Data[i + 0];
+            c.g = Data[i + 1];
+            c.b = Data[i + 2];
+            c.a = Data[i + 3];
+
+            return c;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public struct Color
+    {
+        public byte r, g, b, a;
     }
 }
+
+